THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Woodstock :
Reward Money
Stolen; Charles
Payslt
Police Director Earle
Charles yesterday re;leasedl
the follcwing statement:
I have reported to Gov-l
ernor de Castro, t h a t the
reward money contributed |
tor information leading to.
the whereabouts of the!
Woodstock Child, which
was kept in my office safe;
in the Police Department,
and amounting to the sum
of $582.28, composed of ap
proximately three hundred
and fifty dollars in checks!
and moley orders and the
remainder in cash, was re-]
moved by some unkuown
person. '
- The discovery of the loss
was made when I checked!
the contents of the safe this!
w e e k, prior to [eavingon |
my annual leave, scheduled !
to become eftective on Sept
Ist
Realizing that | am thei
officer fully responsible for
the custody of this money, l
I have immediately re
placed it in cash from myi
personel savings, The re-!
ward, in the amount collect
ed, has been paid this
morning, to Mr. James
Fleming, the person whoml
the United States Attorney
has designated as being en
titled torecieve the reward.
‘I have staried an _immediate!
investigation of this matter,
in order to determine who is!
responsibie for the removal, i
and in order to do so, 1 have
deferred the taking of my an'l
pual leave which was schednled!
for Septemberl, 1952, for schi |
time as may be necessary .tu,
conduet a thorough investiya.
tion. ‘ :
“‘Since none of the checks or’
St. Thqmas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, Augast 30. 1952
10c Wage Boost |
' Okayed byCouncil i
A 10c increuse in wages for
all workers was voted yester
day by tde Municinal Counci'.l
Sules and Service Clerks would !
lget 40¢c an hour; Unskilledl
Labor 50c. Semi-skilled 65e,
and Skilled 75e. The increases|
wouid become effective one
lmomh after approval by the,
iGover‘nor. !
Th2 Council adopted 't h e
‘wage-ho.r amendment afterl
consid.ring a petition present
ed by the St. Thomas dLabor
Union and signed by npearly
one thousand werkers.
. The new amendment als 0'
provides for the establishment
}\;f a Wage Board to consider
appeals made from decisions
’Of the Wage Commissioner,
lCesar Concepcion
At Center Monday
' Popular Cesar Concep
’cion and his fifteen-piece ,
orchestia will be present-|
ed at the Cen er Theatre]
on Monday, Sept. 1 at|
8:45 lin a specially ar-i
ranged Carnival Concert
befcre the screen show of l
a ‘‘Streetcar Named De-;
sire”, Warne: Bros. t op|
production of 195 1-3 2|
which won five Academy|
Awards. Admission _Wi“’
be 75c for orchestra seats
and $1 for stadium. i
Because ‘A Streef.ar
Named Desire” is strictly
for adults, no person un
der 16 years will be ad-'
mitted to the stage or|
screen show. ’
money orders were cashed or
endorsed by me, ail persons or
firms who issned same in pay
ing their pledzes are request
ed to immediately ask t h ei
bankto sicp payment cn them.
No re.issue of said ehecks or
money orders will be request
ed by we;l will stand the loss.
God, conscience and publie o
pinion, will destroy the thief.’’
City In Merry Mood As
3-Day Carnival Opens
ot Thomas took on a gay and festive "mood to
day on the eve of the opening {of a Carnival which
will keep this community in a state of merriment
for the next three days.
- The town has been buz
zing with talk about the
barniaal for the past sev
eral week, and almost the
entire populace is expect
ed to turn out for the ac
tivities. Ron de Lugo,
WSTA’s radio announcer,
who took the lead in fas
hioning plans for the
event, has had the assist
ance of E. L~onard Brew
er, M rs. Eldra Shulter
brandt, Guido Moron, and
many others who have
worked hard and diligent
ly to make it the success
(L Is expected to be.
- There will be a horse
race program tomorrow
afternoon at 2 p.m. at Sug
ar Estate. At 8 o’clock at
King’s wharf a wat-r pa
gean: will be staged. Im
portant eventsin t h e is
lands® history will be dra
matized. |
Monday will be the
busiest day of the Carni
val. Fungi bands will play?
throughout the town and
singing groups will tour
the city. Then at 8:30 at‘
King’s Wherf there will be'
the coronation of the King
and Queen of the Jarnival, |
who are Leo Sibilly an di
Carmen Nicholsen, re s
pectively. ~ ‘
A monster parade will leave
French Viilagea nd mo ve
through principal streets at
9:15. These wil be demonst-’
rations of special evesats at the
Ball Park at 2 p.m. and at 7!
p.m. there will be quadriile‘
and lancers demonstrations in
No. 201
'Emancipation Garden, follow
ed by bleek dancing.
On Tuesday, the merry
making will coniinue with
parades of varicus groups,
competition betweenorcheztras
various types of demonstra
tions, dances, ete. The official
closing time iz at 6p.m. Tues
day has been declared a public
‘holiday.
| .
}‘N ants to Build
'Dry-Dock
racilities Here
’ A plan for filling in of ecer
tain shallow water areas west
' of#he old slaughterhouse at
French Village and creating
Inew land, a portion of which
will be reserved for the use
of small craft that ecan be
‘hauled out of the water, and
the balance used for the con
struction of dry-docking faci
lities for larger eraft,has been
presented by Atty. Creoxton
Williams.
He pointed out that small
boat owners who have been
accustomed to use the cay at
French Villa ge commonly
known as Ballast Island, to
ticup their boats and make
repairs. are now . faced with
the problem of finding =ome
other place to carry their
hoats.
Mr. Williams estimated that
filling i the desired area and
constructing modern dry
docking facilities will invnlve
a capital outlay of more than
$£25,000.
s il eke
Loan for Ball Park Okayed
A-n ordinance autho: ing
the Governor to borrow & 609
from the Lottery Fund ¢o
compleiework at the ball park
at the former Subrarine
Base was passed ye-terdas hy
the Council, The loan vwsuid
be repaid within two years.